We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 1 Aug 2025

 

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We’re working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. 

Please join an exciting and growing space within Medtronic’s Global Peripheral Vascular Health businesses as you directly impact the development and success of the commercial clinical and sales force through best-in-class training & education.  The Principal Training & Education Specialist role will be responsible in ensuring the field force gains procedural product and clinical confidence in selling the peripheral vascular product portfolio and is viewed as THE expert and resource to internal customers.

Success factors of best-in-class training are through strategic thinking and strong cross functional partnerships, expectation setting, and continuous improvements of programs. This role reports to the Training & Education Manager for the Peripheral Vascular Health business.

Position Responsibilities:

The primary focus of this role will be to support global training and education programs with a focus on the peripheral vascular portion/Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) of the vascular portfolio while leveraging strong partnerships with Marketing, Field Sales Trainers, Sales Enablement, Sales Leadership, and other key cross functional partners to plan, develop, implement, and execute on global training planned deliverables.  Primary role and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Serve as a clinical & technical expert in support of global programming
• Support facilitating virtual and in-person training programming as clinical technical trainer
• In partnership with sales enablement team, train new hires to effectively sell peripheral vascular portfolio
• Work with the team to develop/enhance training and education programs, materials, and course content by utilizing clinical expertise to add value to content development and execution
• Training sales representatives and clinical specialists to ensure successful procedural support to physicians who are using Medtronic products
• Collaborate with physician faculty and cross-functional groups (Engineering, Product Marketing, Sales, Services, Legal, Quality and Regulatory) to create training programs, curricula, course materials and measurements that support operating unit strategies and are compliant with Regulatory, Quality Systems and Business Conduct Standards
• Partner with broader Global Sales Training Team on various workstreams to identify and leverage synergies across training teams
• Demonstrate training effectiveness through systematic program evaluation and continuous improvement strategy
• Develop self to become the subject matter expert in Peripheral Vascular/PAD products and procedures
• Provide timely evaluation and feedback to trainees and their managers/supervisors
• Identify and implement cutting edge online, in-person and virtual training & education through implementation of new learning platforms and tools
• Collaborate and build rapport with leadership independent of direct manager and to define and drive key training initiatives
• Support field-based education efforts, including but not limited to evaluation of sales rep/clinical specialist knowledge in the field

The responsibilities also include development, facilitation and leading of training programs.  Presentations to small and large audiences will be a large part of this role.  The role will require excellent communication skills and the ability to work within a budget.

Travel Required:  Yes, ~40-50% Domestic & International Travel Required

Basic Qualifications:

IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION, THE FOLLOWING BASIC QUALIFICATIONS MUST BE EVIDENT ON YOUR RESUME

• High School degree and 11+ years of relevant experience in a clinical lab setting, clinical training, field sales/support in medical device, healthcare industry or equivalent experience. 3 years PAD experience.

-OR-

• Associate degree and 9+ years of relevant experience in a clinical lab setting, clinical training, field sales/support in medical device, healthcare industry or equivalent experience. 2 years PAD experience.

-OR-

• Bachelor’s degree and 7+ years of relevant experience in clinical lab setting, clinical training, field sales/support in medical device, healthcare industry or equivalent experience. 2 year PAD experience.

Preferred:

• Peripheral Vascular and/or Endovenous case coverage
• Sales Experience in the Peripheral Arterial Disease space
• Technical or RN certification related to Peripheral Vascular and/or Endovenous (ie, RTR, RCIS, RVT, CVRN)
• Clinical imaging experience
• 2+ years in Medtronic field-based role (ex. Clinical Specialist/sales representative)
• Experience presenting information to large and small audiences
• Microsoft Office Suite including PowerPoint
• Prior content development experience, including various e-learning formats
• Product launch experience
• Product commercialization experience
• Marketing experience within the medical device space
• Program and project management experience
• Global training or sales experience

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

Benefits & Compensation
 

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.  We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
 

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$109,600.00 - $164,400.00

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Life insurance, Long-term disability leave, Dependent daycare spending account, Tuition assistance/reimbursement, and Simple Steps (global well-being program).

 

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match, Short-term disability, Paid time off, Paid holidays, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program, Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).

 

Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns.  Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

 

Further details are available at the link below:

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. 
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here.

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.